Social Media

Creating a Facebook Business Page

Correct Posting on Facebook

Using PicMonkey.com

How to use the Timed posting function

How to use google+

Facebook Dos & Donts

1. Do not ask for likes

One of the biggest pet peeves is when someone comes to my page, says they’ve liked it, and asks me to like theirs. It’s not that big of a deal, I suppose, but it just rubs me the wrong way. Instead of asking for someone to come and like your page or to “return the favor,” give them a friendly invitation to stop by. Something like, “Hey, new fan of your page! I love the hair bows you offer, so cute! I’m a fellow Facebook entrepreneur …feel free to stop by my page and say hello if you’d like.” Getting them to your page is 90% of the battle. Once they’re there, please have enough respect for them to make their own decision on whether or not they want to become a fan or not.

2. Don’t spam other people’s walls

Unless a page specifically allows promotion and states as much somewhere on their page, do not post about your business. It’s very rude to go onto someone else’s page that they’ve strategically worked to build and clog it with information about your business. There are many pages that do allow you to post on their wall, so seek those out and post away. Mompreneur is one of them, so feel free to post on their page or any like minded pages anytime.

3. Play fairly in tagging events

If you choose to participate in an event where you post your page for other people to like, please play fairly and follow the rules the page owner has set forth. The most important rule is to like all of the other pages that participate. If you plan to reap the benefits of receiving new fans from an event, it’s only fair that you return the favor and like the other pages too. After all, it’s the only way something like this actually works. Also, if the page owner sets forth other rules, like asking you to give them a shout out or share the event, please do so. The page owner is offering you a free
opportunity to share your business, it’s the very least you can do.

4. Don’t post back to back

The last thing you want to do is clog up the newsfeeds’ of your fans. First off, it gets the messages you’re trying to send jumbled up, making them less effective. Secondly, it makes you very irritating to the fan and the odds of them “unliking” your page or hiding you from their newsfeed increase greatly. Make sure that you’re only posting when absolutely necessary. I wouldn’t do more than 10 a day, and that’s being very generous. Five would be more realistic. Also, make sure that what you’re posting is different. If you have a sale going on, don’t post the same thing all 5 of those times. It’s not only annoying, but it carries less of a rank when you repeat things and isn’t likely to get your posts shown into newsfeeds.

5. Engage with your fans

If someone takes the time to post a message to you on your page, it’s only fair that you answer them. I try to make sure that all new fans that post on the wall and all comments that are made are responded to. It’s not only a good thing to do to provide good customer service, it will also help increase your edge rank too.

6. Follow the rules

Facebook does have a few rules for page owners, and unfortunately, I see them violated all the time. Not only does it put you at risk for having your fan page deleted, it also sends a bad message about you and your business, giving people the impression that you think you’re “above the rules.” Most notably, I see people not following the rules about cover photos (see my business page creation document in the files ) and giveaways. Review Facebook’s guidelines for pages and be sure that everything you’re doing is in accordance with their guidelines. Whether or not you agree with them is irrelevant. They provide this platform for us, it’s only fair that we play by the rules they set.

7. Don’t abuse the messages feature

With the new message feature for pages, it can become quite easy for people to abuse this tool. I’ve already become inundated with spam messages myself. Please only use this as a direct line of communication between you and a page for actual business purposes.

8. Don’t start or encourage drama

Quite often, I see page owners venting about a customer or a fan of their page. Not cool. We all have issues and deal with “problem children” who are simply thorns in our sides, but venting about them in a public forum is not the way to handle the situation. Your professional reputation is on the line and doing so will do nothing but damage it. You don’t want people to perceive you as one who gets easily frustrated or who airs out their dirty laundry. Save your battles for private emails and feel free to vent to your lovely husband at the end of the day with a glass of merlot. That’s what
they’re both there for!

9. Watch your spelling and grammar

I know that we’re not all English majors here, but a simple proofread of what you write before you click that post button is essential! Spelling and grammar errors drastically damage your professionalism and you can’t afford to come across as ignorant and uneducated.

10. The golden rule

This is a simple one, really, but it’s the one that often gets overlooked. Say please, say thank you. Be gracious. Be kind. Coming across as simply a “nice” person will go a long way to drawing people to your business!

Facebook Image Sizes

To make your Facebook page look the best it possibly can stick to these sizes of images for you page…. Resize images in a free editor like www.picmonkey.com
This is the layout for the top of your Facebook Page.
When generating your cover photo make sure you recognize that you will lose the information in the bottom left.
If you make your cover 1702 x 630 then Facebook will resize when you upload.

The profile photo will also resize, but try not to use a rectangular picture as you will lose part of the image
The App images (tabs) will not resize – you must create at 111 x 74

Making your images conform to these sizes will give your viewer a better experience when looking at your page.

Your status update will show completely at 11 lines with no images attached…. After 11 lines it will then be truncated with a ‘see more link’. Your profile pic is shrunk to 32 x 32 px, so make sure your original is clear.
If you attached a picture to a status update and you want the whole image to display without being cut off then make it 403 x 403 px (806px x 806 px will be resized by Facebook too)
The lightbox is what comes up when you click on an image that you can’t properly see in the timeline preview.
The max size to upload is 2048 x 2048 pxMilestones
Images for milestones can be larger – 843 x 403 px – this is the same size for a highlight post

Using Hashtags (#) on Facebook

Hash tags allow unconnected users to discuss subjects without having to follow each other, which is one of the greatest strengths of networks like Twitter.
Rolling this function out to Facebook brings us working for Plexus some interesting opportunities.
Facebook’s demographics are perfect for Plexus products, Twitter in general is a much younger crowd.
According to Socialnomics.net, just over 30 percent of Facebook users are younger than 34, and 45 percent of users are over 45. Twitter, on the other hand, has a much younger demographic. Nearly half of all users are under the age of 34 and only 30 percent are over 45.
Facebook will allow you to search for a specific hash tag from your search bar, click on hash tags that originate on its
other services, such as Instagram, thus amalgamating data sets, and compose posts directly from the hash tag feed and search results.
These is the first step for Facebook and expect to see trending hash tags like Twitter soon in your Facebook feeds.
So what should we be doing in terms of our Plexus business –Make sure to hash tag your posts in Facebook and Instagram if you have it (owned by Facebook)… examples #plexusslim, #weightloss, #workathome – when someone searches.